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elliptic curve
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheila McDonald)
Wed May 14 09:52:09 1997
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 07:03:56 +0100
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: Sheila McDonald <smcdonal@iol.ie>
Hello crypto-folk,
Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts about elliptic curve & whether it
really blows RSA away -- I'm a tech writer (passing familiarity w/
encryption technologies) doing a quick news piece for an Irish Internet
magazine.
If anyone has any strong opinions on this, they'd be welcome. RSA devotes
so much time on its website to pouring cold water on elliptic curve, but
Certicom seems to feel it's onto a good thing. Now I hear that a guy from
Mastercard wants to put elliptic curve into some SET 1.0 pilots this year
in the U.S.
Whaddya reckon? Is it feasible to dump the security that SET is built on
before SET even gets off the ground? SET & the promise of it means a lot
to us here in Europe...
Input welcome...no flames please
sheila mcdonald
editor
dot.ie
dublin, ireland
smcdonal@iol.ie
